Preserve hidden path prefixes in exclusions

desloppify/base/discovery/file_paths.py

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ def matches_exclusion(rel_path: str, exclusion: str) -> bool:
         # Full-path glob match for patterns with directory separators
         # (e.g. "Wan2GP/**" should match "Wan2GP/models/rf.py").
         if "/" in exclusion or os.sep in exclusion:
-            normalized_path = rel_path.lstrip("./")
+            normalized_path = rel_path.removeprefix("./")
             if fnmatch.fnmatch(normalized_path, exclusion):
                 return True
     if "/" in exclusion or os.sep in exclusion:

desloppify/tests/core/test_utils.py

@@ -140,6 +140,12 @@ def test_matches_exclusion_exact_directory_path():
     assert matches_exclusion(".claude/worktrees", ".claude/worktrees") is True
 
 
+def test_matches_exclusion_hidden_dir_globs_preserve_leading_dot():
+    """Hidden directories should not match non-hidden glob prefixes."""
+    assert matches_exclusion(".cache/subdir/file.py", "cache/**") is False
+    assert matches_exclusion(".cache/subdir/file.py", ".cache/**") is True
+
+
 # ── find_source_files() ─────────────────────────────────────